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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. Gladys and Annie Barnes are impoverished sisters who have seen better times. They live in a modest cottage in the backstreets of Highate with Mr Fisher, a mild but eccentric old man living secretively in the attic above them. Their quiet lives are thrown into confusion when a new landlord takes over, a dreaded and unscrupulous 'rackman'. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099528692
ISBN
9780099528692
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Uprooted from war-torn London, Alda Lucie-Brown and her three daughters start a new life at Pine Cottage in rural Sussex. Unsuited to a quiet life, Alda attempts to orchestrate - with varying degrees of success - the love affairs of her neighbours. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099529330
ISBN
9780099529330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. When Nell Sely moves from sleepy Dorset to Hampstead she leaves behind a childhood of dull teas and oppressive rules for the freedom of the big city. Naive and only nineteen, she becomes embroiled with the wayward John Gaunt and falls in with London's bohemian crowd. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099529361
ISBN
9780099529361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. A modern, satirical fairytale that has been unavailable for decades, by the author of COLD COMFORD FARM Series: VMC. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844085729
ISBN
9781844085729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Margaret Steggles, a plain bookish girl whose mother has told her that she is 'not the type that attracts men'. What she lacks for in looks she makes up for with a romantic nature and cultural aspirations - she goes to concerts at the National Gallery and is a devotee of the modern drama. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 136 x 29. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099528722
ISBN
9780099528722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Sensible, sophisticated Flora Poste has been expensively educated to do everything but earn a living. When she is orphaned at twenty, she decides her only option is to descend on relatives - the doomed Starkadders at the aptly named Cold Comfort Farm. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 118 x 182 x 16. Weight in Grams: 140.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
240
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241951514
ISBN
9780241951514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Brother and sister, Constance and Kenneth Fielding live in calm respectability, just out of reach of London and the Blitz. But when a series of uninvited guests converge upon them - from a Balkan exile to Ken's old flame and the siblings' own raffish father - the household struggles to preserve its precious peace. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099529323
ISBN
9780099529323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.49

Paperback. A young Austrian woman, Christine, toils away in a provincial post office when, out of the blue, a telegram arrives inviting her to join an American aunt she's never known in a fashionable Swiss resort. She accepts and is swept up into a world of almost inconceivable wealth and unleashed desire. She feels herself utterly transformed. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 302.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Sort of Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780954221720
ISBN
9780954221720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 50 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241305164
ISBN
9780241305164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. Translator(s): Bell, Anthea. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 18. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782271079
ISBN
9781782271079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.67

Paperback. Stefan's Zweig's posthumously-published Journey into the Past (Widerstand der Wirklichkeit) is a beautiful meditation on the effect of time on passion - one of the most intense and compelling works from a master of the novella form. Published by Pushkin Press with a cover designed by David Pearson and Clare Skeats. Translator(s): Bell, Anthea. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908968364
ISBN
9781908968364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

Paperback. .
Publisher
Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847495815
ISBN
9781847495815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.89

Paperback.
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
153
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909232044
ISBN
9781909232044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.46

Hardcover. Wonderful, forgotten, short stories by the man John Galsworthy described as 'one of the best short-story writers of all time.' Some are hilarious, some poignant; among them - long out of print until now - is the story James Hilton named his 'favourite short story.' Many are about World War I and its aftermath. All make compulsive reading. Num Pages: 576 pages, 3 (2 drawings + 1 photograph). BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 226 x 54. Weight in Grams: 930.
Publisher
Phaeton Publishing Limited Ireland
Number of pages
576
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955375651
ISBN
9780955375651
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Turnpike Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780957233614
ISBN
9780957233614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.55

Hardcover. Num Pages: 762 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 211 x 45. Weight in Grams: 940.
Publisher
Hendrickson Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
SKU
V9781565638068
ISBN
9781565638068
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.89

Paperback. Matters of marriage, the ethical versus the aesthetic, dread, and, increasingly, the severities of Christianity are pondered by Kierkegaard in this intense work. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 186 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691158419
ISBN
9780691158419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.58

Paperback. First published in an era when most novels about young women concentrated on courtship and marriage, this novel portrays women involved in political intrigues and overseas journeys. It is set during the reign of Elizabeth I, and features as narrators, fictional daughters of Mary, Queen of Scots. Series: Eighteenth-century Novels by Women. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813109787
ISBN
9780813109787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.15

hardcover. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
Publisher
Macmillan Collector's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509843992
ISBN
9781509843992
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.59

hardcover. This is the definitive scholarly edition of Smollett s first novel, widely regarded as a masterpiece and a chief rival to Henry Fielding s comic novel Tom Jones. Surging with verbal, sexual, and martial energy, The Adventures of Roderick Random opens a window on life, love, and war in the eighteenth century." Editor(s): Nasker, James G.; Seary, Nicole; Bouce, Paul-Gabriel; Brack, O. M., Jr. Num Pages: 640 pages, 27 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1060.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Georgia Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820321653
ISBN
9780820321653
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.08

Paperback. Editor(s): Woidat, Caroline. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554811205
ISBN
9781554811205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 28.12

paperback. Set in the reign of Richard I, Coeur de Lion, this title is packed with incidents - sieges, ambushes and combats - and characters: Cedric of Rotherwood, the die-hard Saxon; his ward Rowena; the fierce Templar knight, Sir Brian de Bois-Gilbert; the Jew, Isaac of York, and his daughter Rebecca; Wamba and Gurth, jester and swineherd respectively. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
PROBOOK
Condition
New
SKU
9781853262029
ISBN
9781853262029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.01

Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 114 x 39. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harper Press
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007925360
ISBN
9780007925360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.76

Paperback. Set within a framing narrative told by Chrystal Croftangry, these three stories are set in the years following the Jacobite defeat and all feature characters who are leaving Scotland to seek their fortunes elsewhere. Editor(s): Lamont, Claire. Num Pages: 480 pages, chronology, notes, glossary. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140439892
ISBN
9780140439892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.09

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